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Jun 7, 2014

Woonsocket

Woonsocket Police Press Release

On June 2, 2014 at approximately 5:45 PM Officer Patrick McGourty wastravelling west on Cass Ave. when he noticed a vehicle travelling east onCass Ave. with Rhode Island Registration and a Massachusetts InspectionSticker.

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Woonsocket Police Press Release

On June 2, 2014 at approximately 5:45 PM Officer Patrick McGourty wastravelling west on Cass Ave. when he noticed a vehicle travelling east onCass Ave. with Rhode Island Registration and a Massachusetts InspectionSticker. Officer McGourty turned his cruiser around in an attempt to make atraffic stop of that vehicle. As he approached the vehicle on Cass Ave heobserved a passenger in the vehicle exit the vehicle and flee on foot.Officer McGourty conducted a traffic stop of that vehicle in the CVS parkinglot and requested other patrol units check the area for the subject thatfled from the vehicle. The operator of the vehicle, Myles Connor, was citedfor Operation Unregistered Vehicle, Operating without evidence of Insuranceand Inspection Sticker Required.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Greenough conducted a traffic stop in thearea of Trudeau's Auto Body on Cass Ave. The passenger in the vehicle, JohnGarcia, fit the description of the subject that had fled from the vehicleOfficer McGourty had stopped just prior. Upon contact with the occupants ofthe vehicle, officers noticed narcotics in the vehicle. A search of thevehicle provided seventeen individually wrapped baggies of heroin, and over$4,500 in cash.

The driver of the vehicle, Alexis Cartagena (27) of Arnold St.,Woonsocket RI was arrested and charged with Possession with Intent toDeliver, and a Municipal Court Warrant. The passenger in the vehicle, JohnA. Garcia (18) of 193 Arnold St., Woonsocket, RI was charged with Possessionwith Intent to Deliver.